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Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this term: Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland. [1] Crete is associated with the Minoan civilization from the Early Bronze Age.
Minoan palaces were massive building complexes built on Crete during the Bronze Age. They are often considered emblematic of the Minoan civilization and are modern tourist destinations. [ 1 ] Archaeologists generally recognize five structures as palaces, namely those at Knossos , Phaistos , Malia , Galatas , and Zakros .
The Throne Room was a chamber built for ceremonial purposes during the 15th century BC inside the palatial complex of Knossos, Crete, in Greece.It is found at the heart of the Bronze Age palace of Knossos, one of the main centers of the Minoan civilization and is considered the oldest throne room in Europe.
Aegean Bronze Age: Dates: c. 3100 – c. 1100 ... One of the defining aspects of the Minoan Era was the architectural feats of their waste management.
In this final period, Knossos seems to have been influenced or perhaps ruled by people from the mainland. Greek became the administrative language and the material culture shows parallels with Mycenaean styles, for instance in the architecture of tombs and styles of pottery. [11] Around 1350 BC, the palace was destroyed and not rebuilt.
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon [1] is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece. [2]It is the largest and most elaborate tholos tomb known to have been constructed in the Aegean Bronze Age, and one of the last to have been built in the Argolid.
Cycladic culture (also known as Cycladic civilisation) was a Bronze Age culture (c. 3100–c. 1000 BC) found throughout the islands of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea.In chronological terms, it is a relative dating system for artifacts which is roughly contemporary to Helladic chronology (mainland Greece) and Minoan chronology (Crete) during the same period of time.
The Greek House: Its History and Development from the Neolithic Period to Hellenistic Age. London: Cambridge University Press. Werner, Kjell (1993). The Megaron during the Aegean and Anatolian Bronze Age: A Study of Occurrence, Shape, Architectural Adaptation, and Function. Jonsered: Paul Åströms Förlag. ISBN 978-9-17-081092-3.